immune to the venom of hatred to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts. more news at the top of the hour. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. his guest this week as mary bousted, one of the teaching union leaders. hello and welcome to political thinking. it was another week when children and parents had to wait anxiously for an early morning text or an email to tell them whether their classroom or their school would open that day. thanks not to covid 19, not to a big dump of snow, but to strike action by members of the national education union this week on political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone in the news, my guest is the joint general secretary of that union, the neu, mary bousted. she is notjust the general secretary of the largest education union in europe, she has been a leader of a trade union for longer than almost anybody else in the country. she w
nurses across the uk are balloted for strike action for the first time in the 106 year history of the royal couege in the 106 year history of the royal college of nursing. matilda the musical opens this year s london film festival. manchester united travel to cyprus tonight in the europa league. but after sitting out in their defeat to city, will ronaldo take to the pitch later? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. at least 38 people, including more than 20 children have been killed in a mass shooting at a pre school in north eastern thailand. the attacker, armed with a gun and knife, stormed into the childcare facility in nong bua lamphu province. 0ur correspondent anjana gadgil reports. thai police say the attacker shot and stabbed children and adults at the daycare centre in a rural district in the north east of the country. at least 22 children were among those killed, with some of the victims just two years old. more than a dozen people were injured. the
Reaching out to absolutely everyone in the area. Plus weve learnt that girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance. Some critics say it is similar to fgm, but not everyone agrees. Female genital mutilation is clearly not a procedure that we can support in any way, shape or form. Procedure that we can support in any way, shape orform. To even use it in the same sentence as libya Plaster Surgery is not only unhelpful, but it is unfair. Labia Plaster Surgery. The law is very clear. I see it is the same thing. We should not be mutilating bodies for cultural reasons. Our full exclusive reporter after half nine this morning. Hello, welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well hear from a woman called laura, who was a victim of the rochdale paedophile and grooming ring from the age of 13 until she was 17. She has never spoke
Cassettes as well . No nana, itsjust cds. Why, do you have cassettes . No. The bafta winner played nana in the royle family. One of her co stars, the actress suejohnston, said she was devastated at her passing. In halfan in half an hour, reporters takes a look at the bbcs bestjournalism from the last year, including an exclusive report on chinese militarisation of International Waters. Some Breaking Newsjust in. The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams has died, aged 96. His tale about a family of rabbits was a bestseller and also became a celebrated film. A statement from his family said he died on christmas eve. They posted a quote from the book on the Watership Down website which read it seemed to hazel he would not be needing his body any more. Nick higham looks back at his life. They seem sad, like trees in november. It became a worldwide bestseller and animated film and made its creator a millionaire. Not bad for a story about Intrepid Rabbits originally devised by a Civil Ser
Story before 10am. It isa it is a must watch. And, a legal battle over the rights of parents to take their children out of school for holidays during term time reaches the highest court in the land today. Well speak to the father at the centre of the case. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. And as always, really keen to hear from you. After 10am well be hearing how a Primary School in bournemouth has started allowing pupils to wear their comfy slippers in class, after Research Found it helps them to get better grades and generally improve their performance. If you work from home, you might already know thats the case. Do get in touch with your views. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Acting